Improvement in water-elevators



stent @titre KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent o. 106,189, lated August 9, 1870.-

. IMPROVEMENT 1N WATER-ELEVATQRS.

The Schedule referred to in these Iletters'Pateut and making part of the same.

. To all whomit may concern l Be it known that I, THOMAS LAFEVDA Monrnss, of Glaypool, iu the. conutycf Warren and in the State ot' Kentucky, have .invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Elevators; and do hereby deelan-e that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the lett-ers of reference marked thereon `making" apart 0i' this specilieatiou.

The `nature of my. invention consists in the construir :tion and arrangement of a water-elevator,for raising water out of'deep wells`,fas will be hereinafter fully -set forth. i

` `Invorderlto enable others skilled in the art to which my invent-ion appertans to make and use thesame,

I willilow proceed to -describe itsconstruction and operation, retbrring to the annexed' drawing, in`

whichl Y Figure 1 is a front View, `and r Figure is a cross-Section of my apparatus.l

A represents the timber, which extends down into the well, and which is, above the well, curved, extending horizontally toone side. Y

On thev front side, alo'ug the inner edge ofthe tim- "berA, is secured ab strap or bar, 415,*upon which is screwed the met-al `plate G, ot'. sutiicient width to project oneach side,.so aslto give room forthe grooved *wheels DDto work. A

t r The groored wheels 1) 1') are placed in suitable bear- I n ings on a' triangular frame or carriaggE, pointing iu,- ward, as shown in iig. 1. p

The wheels are placed so that two clasp the track ou each edge, thereby obviating the necessity of making more. than one track. i

v A rope or chain, d, passes from the. carriage E, over a pulley; G, placed onV the, outer edge ofthe timberA, at the bend thereof; and another ,rope or chain, b, passes from thesame point on the carriage, over small rollers d. (l placed 4between the timber-A and 'the track G in thebend, the'bar B being dut out at this point to'admit said rollers. i

'Ihe water-bucket is suspended from theinneLend of the carriage E in jsnch a manner that it will swing around when the carriage turns the curve, both going" up and down.

Having thus fully described my invention,`

Whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is` l r The" combination ofthe timber A, bar I5, track G, rollers D D, carriage E, roller G, cords or chains a, b, and rollers (l d, all constructed and arranged subst-antially'as and for the purposes herein set. forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoiu g, Ihave hereunto set my hand this, 17th day of May, 1870.

` vTHOIWIAS LAFEVDA MOR-KISS. Witnesses:

FRANK PORTER, WILLIAM E. SEAns. 

